DOCKING STATION AND BOTTLE SYSTEM

摘要

A DOCKING STATION AND BOTTLE SYSTEM (23) INCLUDING A FILLING HEAD (20) AND BOTTLE (22) WHICH HAVE A HEAD INTERCONNECT (86) AND A BOTTLE INTERCONNECT (90), RESPECTIVELY, FOR FASTENING THE BOTTLE (22) TO THE FILLING (20) HEAD IN ORDER TO PREVENT SPILLAGE. THE BOTTLE INTERCONNECT (90) INCLUDES A FLUID PORT (106) AND A VENT PORT (104) WHICH ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY OPENED FROM A CLOSED POSITION IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE FILLING HEAD (20) TO DRAW CONCENTRATED FLUID FROM THE BOTTLE (22) AND MIX THE CONCENTRATED FLUID WITH A DILUTING FLUID SUCH AS WATER BEFORE BEING DISPENSED FROM A FILLING HEAD NOZZLE (52). THE BOTTLE (22) INCLUDES IDENTIFYING INDICIA (158) FOR PURPOSES OF TRACKING UTILIZATION OF THE BOTTLE AND THE CONCENTRATED FLUID CONTAINED THEREIN. AN INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM (170) IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOTTLE AND FILLING HEAD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RECORDS OF SUCH CONCENTRATED FLUID UTILIZATION. A WALL MOUNTED DOCKING STATION (200) INCLUDING ONE OR MORE FILLING HEADS (20) IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR. A REFILL HEAD IS FURTHER PROVIDED FOR REFILLING BOTTLE (22). MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING IS